Simon Evans Goes to Market

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Simon Evans Goes to Market: Series 6: The High Street

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Simon Evans presents another comedy lecture on economics.

Simon Evans presents another comedy lecture on economics and in this episode he explores the state of the British High Street.

As the waters recede from the tsunami of the global pandemic and Britain settles into its new relationship with Europe and the World, Simon Evans returns to focus his jokenomics lens on the myriad economic challenges and opportunities facing humanity.

Did the collapse in 2020 of the Arcadia Group, Debenhams and Bonmarché to name but three signal the final death knell for the British High Street? What will replace it – Coffee Shops, Nail bars and Tattoo Parlours? Charity shops recycling and ever thinner and endlessly diminishing stock of new items, initially bought on line? 

Or will new one on one services like personal trainers and Thai Yoga practitioners replace tired rails of fashion wear? Will everywhere become Brighton, basically? 
 Perhaps Hot-Shops, where everyone has a shop for a day, or a week, at a time, to market their goods - much as Harley St surgeons have always found adequate. 

Simon investigates whether it is indeed all doom and gloom or if the perhaps a new role still to be played by bricks and mortar shops.  If department stores are crashing out then who (apart from the obvious online behemoths like Amazon) could start to cash in?

Simon is joined by Diane Wehrle, Insights Director at Springboard, for some expert analysis.

Written and presented by Simon Evans
Additional material from Dan Evans
Production co-ordinator:  Cherlynn Andrew-Wilfred
Producer:  Richard Morris

Photo credit: Steve Best

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